No mouse pointer with Safe mode

H

Honjo

I have just installed W2K and it works fine under normal mode but if
booted to Safe mode mouse pointer is missing. Could any one help me
solve this problem?

Kaz Honjo
 
R

Rick

Honjo said:
I have just installed W2K and it works fine under normal mode but if
booted to Safe mode mouse pointer is missing. Could any one help me
solve this problem?

Kaz Honjo

I bet you have a serial mouse. Serial mice are not supported
in Safe Mode. "This is by design", according to MS.

Rick
 
H

Honjo

Rick said:
I bet you have a serial mouse. Serial mice are not supported
in Safe Mode. "This is by design", according to MS.

Rick

Yes it IS serial mouce. Am I just out of luck or is there any way out? Does a mouse whith
USB interface work?

Kaz
 
R

Rick

Honjo said:
Yes it IS serial mouce. Am I just out of luck or is there any way out? Does a mouse whith
USB interface work?

Sorry I don't know, as I also use a serial mouse. :)

The vast majority of Windows functions can be controlled via
keyboard (tab, arrow keys, ENTER etc), but a few cannot.
Resizing/moving windows is a royal pain in the patootie.

Rick
 
H

Honjo

Rick:

I am interested in serial mouse info at MS(ser. mouse not supported in safe mode) you mentioned.
I reviewed KB and hardware support at MS web site but could not find this article. If you have a
spcific URL for that info, I would appreciate your posting it.

Kaz
 
H

Honjo

Rick said:
Yes, but it's not a problem.. according to MS.

Rick

I have just installed WXP Pro and no mouse pointer again. I wonder why MS says "it's not a
problem.."
Anyway I found PS/2 connector socket on the mother board so I am going to go get an add-on
PS/2 port assebly to install.

Kaz
 

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